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Roy receives news that his grand-dad has died. He frets about the
family funeral, particularly meeting up with his dad whom he never got on
with, but his worries come to nought when Roy and Hayley are the only ones
there to say their goodbyes. Grandfather Cropper leaves a gift for Roy
in his will, it's plans for some sort of machine designed to use the energy
expended by people coming into and going out of, well, doors. Roy's
grandfather's plans, hopes and dreams of invention are passed on to Roy who
takes up the challenge of the contraption, starting right there in the caff.
Yes, it is as odd as it sounds.
Sally swallows her pride along with her beans and heads back to Underworld,
determined not to let the factory girls wear her down. Danny's gone
out leaving instructions with Janice that she's to tell Adam he's in charge,
just as soon as he arrives. When Sally walks in, Janice tells Sally
she's the boss and Sally installs herself at the office desk tapping ten
to the dozen at the computer with a mad glint in her eye. When Adam
and Danny return, she's given short shrift (I love that phrase), thrown out of the office
and back to her machine. Mind you, Danny's got more to worry about than
Sally after he spends the night with Leanne in Mike's empty flat, with its
empty bed. As Jamie takes Adam on a boys night in town, Leanne and
Danny get jiggy in Mike's bedroom. Next morning Leanne finds out she's left
an ear-ring there and it's up to Danny to return to retrieve the missing
item. Adam's at the flat and finds Danny snooping so Danny gives him some
old bull about having to find a customer file. He lies and says he's called
Mike in Spain who told him the file was in the flat, so he came up the apples
and pears sharpish, bish-bosh, luv-a-duck my son, ain't that the Babe
Ruth? Nope, it blinking well ain't.
Blanche puts her hip out, and does her hip in after shaking it all about
line-dancing at the one o'clock club with Billy the Kid. I know, don't
ask, he's 83 you know and still has his own pants. Lena's there with her
and they rush to hospital where the news is not good, Blanche needs a hip
replacement because of osteoarthritis. She wants to go private and
have it done quickly. Ken and Deirdre tell her to wait and get it done on
the ennhaytchess but at her age, she says, she can't afford to wait. But
she can afford to pay, especially if she sells number seven instead of
renting it to Tracy. After much grumbling and negotiation, it's agreed
that Tracy will buy number seven at a discount, for her, Steve and Amy to
move in and play happy families - although Steve's still not keen. Yes,
he wants his name on Amy's birth certificate and yes, he wants Tracy to
sign him up on a parental responsibility form. But when Tracy suggests
marriage, Steve's eyes roll and his head shakes although he smiles through
gritted teeth, hoping he'll get legal responsibility for Amy before Tracy has him
up the aisle in a new suit and tie. Blanche and Lena look on
t'internet for details of hip replacement operations overseas, in the hopes
of cutting a few bob off the price of the op. They hear Poland's quite
good for that sort of thing so type in "Hips" and "Poles". And when
the search engine throws its hands up in horror with a list of pole-dancing
websites, they both gasp at the screen. "She doesn't look much like
a surgeon!" says Blanche, "… and those hips look double-jointed to me."
Bev and Liz make it their mission to challenge Charlie at every turn and
they sit in the Rovers sipping for hours trying to pressure him until he
cracks. Charlie starts to break, only slightly, but it's enough for
him to storm up the stairs and scream at Shelley to get back to work and
bar Bev from the bar. After a spot of hyperventilating in black sequins, she does what she's told and then runs
back to her room before Charlie drags her out for dinner at The Clock.
She's a mess, she can't speak, she can't breathe without whining and when
Charlie takes a phone call and leaves her alone at the table, it's too much
for her to take. Shelley runs out of the restaurant and into a taxi
that takes her back to the Rovers. Bev's passing just in time to see Charlie
shaking Shelley, then her daughter in tears and scuttling back up to the
room at the top of the pub. Ciaran's also seen Charlie threatening
Bev this week, and takes sides with Bev against him. When Shelley will
see sense is anyone's guess.
And finally this week there are two new drivers at Streetcars when Claire's
taken on at the firm and new driver Lloyd, played by Craig Charles, joins
the cast. Lloyd manages to upset Dev before he starts working
for him when he tells Sunita that Dev told him he's planned a whole family
of sons. Sunita's disgusted with Dev and tells him any daughter they
have will never be treated second-best by its parents, not like she
was by hers.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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